Greater visibility of your product, through the supply and processing chain is needed, says Katie Moore, global industry manager, Food & Beverage, GE Intelligent Platforms.
“If this rule is a one-way street, where a food can only be moved from low-risk to being designated as ‘high-risk,’ then that would be disappointing and would detract from seeking improvement and rewarding behavior. The rule needs to consider situations such as when a company puts in specific mitigation steps in place, and so food can then be categorized as low risk” – Dr. David Acheson.
Sustainability and Food Waste: Would You Eat Expired Food?
“Food waste, if it were a country, would be the third largest emitter of carbon dioxide and methane, behind the U.S. and China,” says Doug Rauch, former president of Trader Joe’s. How can innovation in food safety technology and systems help reduce food waste?
Robert Garfield, Senior Vice President of the Safe Quality Food Institute, will talk about what’s new with the SQF standard, unannounced audits and how companies can start preparing today for FSMA compliance in an upcoming webinar on August 22, 2014. We present excerpts from an interview with him.
Study: Organic Foods More Nutritious Than Conventional
The study looked at an unprecedented 343 peer-reviewed publications comparing the nutritional quality and safety of organic and conventional plant-based foods.
Safe Food Coalition Calls on OMB and USDA to Release Revised Poultry Rule for Public Comment
The Safe Food Coalition wants the public to be given an opportunity to comment on the changes made to the proposal before the rule is finalized.
GFSI Position on Mitigating the Public Health Risk of Food Fraud
New Food Fraud mitigation elements will be added to the next revision of the GFSI Guidance Document.
Food Safety and Sustainability
What is sustainability and how does it relate to food safety? This article, the first in a series on the topic, introduces the concept of sustainability.
While basic principles of human food safety apply to pet foods, there are differences and challenges such as testing for allergens and pathogens – both of which, if present, can be serious for pet owners. Pet food safety expert and auditor at Eurofins Alan Baumfalk talks about what the pet food industry is doing to address these challenges.
The consequences of not taking pest management seriously can be devastating to a food manufacturing company – resulting in fines, production shutdowns and closures. Not to mention a tarnished reputation, shaken confidence and public scrutiny of the brand.
